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The Power of Servant-Leadership
Author Peter B. Vaill , Larry C. Spears , Robert K. Greenleaf
Based on the seminal work of Robert K. Greenleaf, a former AT&T executive who coined the term almost thirty years ago, servant-leadership emphasizes an emerging approach to leadership—one which puts serving others, including employees, customers, and community, ....
Release Date 1998/09 -
The Power of Strategy Innovation
Author J. Douglas Bate , Robert E. Johnston
Strategic planning sounds business-as-usual dull, while innovation conjures up images of corporate vision and risk-taking. The truth is, the two must be brought together for companies to excel in dynamic markets. The Power of Strategy Innovation presents a five-phas....
Release Date 2013/04 -
The Practical Guide to Defect Prevention
Author Ross Smith , Robert Musson , Marc McDonald
This practical, hands-on guide captures, categorizes, and builds a process of best practices to avoid creating defects during the development process rather than fixing them after extensive analysis. While there are various proprietary and competing standards for r....
Release Date 2007/10 -
The Project Manager's Guide to Making Successful Decisions
Author Dennis M. Buede , Robert A. Powell
Make Better Decisions While Managing Projects!Decision-making is critical in project management. Lack of decision-making knowledge, avoidable mistakes, and improper definitions can negatively impact your company's ability to generate profit. The Project Manag....
Release Date 2008/12 -
Author Austin Bingham , Robert Smallshire
Learn the Python skills and culture you need to become a productive member of any Python project.About This BookTaking a practical approach to studying PythonA clear appreciation of the sequence-oriented parts of PythonEmphasis on the way in which Python code is st....
Release Date 2017/06 -
The Six Sigma Way Team Fieldbook
Author Roland R. Cavanagh , Robert P. Neuman , Peter S. Pande
This companion guide to the bestselling The Six Sigma Way focuses on the project improvement teams that do the real, in-the-trenches work of Six Sigma-measuring performance, improving quality and saving millions in the process.The Six Sigma Way Team Fieldbook is a h....
Release Date 2001/12 -
The Six Sigma Way: How GE, Motorola, and Other Top Companies Are Honing Their Performance
Author Roland R. Cavanagh , Robert P. Neuman , Peter S. Pande
Six Sigma is a data-driven management system with near-perfect-performance objectives that has been employed to acclaim at leading corporations like General Electric. Its name is derived from the eye-catching statistical target of operating with no more than 3.4 def....
Release Date 2000/04 -
The Six Sigma Way: How to Maximize the Impact of Your Change and Improvement Efforts, 2nd Edition
Author Roland Cavanagh , Robert Neuman , Peter Pande
The Definitive Work on Six Sigma—Revised and Fully UpdatedUpon its publication in 2000, The Six Sigma Way was among the very first books to clearly explain the impressive benefits of Six Sigma’s improvement-driven and customer-centric approach to business leaders an....
Release Date 2014/01 -
Author David P. Norton , Robert Kaplan
The creators of the revolutionary performance management tool called the Balanced Scorecard introduce a new approach that makes strategy a continuous process owned not just by top management, but by everyone. In The Strategy-Focused Organization, Robert Kaplan and D....
Release Date 2000/09 -
The Truth About Better Decision-Making (Collection), 2/e
Author Leigh Thompson , Martha I. Finney , William S. Kane , Robert E. Gunther
A brand new collection of state-of-the-art tools for making better business decisions…4 authoritative books bring together hundreds of bite-size, easy-to-use techniques for optimizing every business decision, choice, interaction, and negotiation!Your decisions drive....
Release Date 2013/06 -
The Virtual Project Management Office
Author Wanda Curlee , Robert L. Gordon
Successfully Launch and Operate a Virtual Project Management OfficeNew technology and global businesses and organizations are making virtual project management offices (VPMOs) more important and more prevalent than ever. Successfully operating a VPMO requires ....
Release Date 2011/06 -
Author Ron Roberts
Empower your people, your company—and yourself—with leadership egolibriumegolibrium: the ability to toggle between egocentric and “other-centric” attitudes, values, and behaviors for organizational successThere’s no doubt about it: the very best leaders are deeply i....
Release Date 2011/12 -
Thinking Recursively with Java
Author Eric Roberts
Updated and revised to include the use of Java for programming examples, this book provides readers with a thorough and clear introduction to the difficult concept of recursionUses a broad range of examples to illustrate the principles used in recursion and how to a....
Release Date 2005/11 -
Author Peter Tryde , Robert Lee
A unique new approach to trading based on financial analysis and financial astrologyTiming Solutions for Swing Traders: Successful Trading Using Technical Analysis and Financial Astrology is a remarkable new book that introduces a revolutionary approach to non-day t....
Release Date 2012/10 -
Twenty-Two Ways to Develop Leadership in Staff Managers
Author Michael Lombardo , Robert Eichinger
A person who works exclusively in staff jobs throughout a career is less likely to develop important leadership competencies than a person who works exclusively in line jobs. This report shows why and offers several specific ways to increase the leadership potentia....
Release Date 2015/01 -
Author Eric J. Naiburg , Robert A. Maksimchuk
"There are many books that shine light on the darkest corners of the UML, but Eric and Bob present just the essentials needed to make you effective in modeling all the important aspects of a software-intensive system."—Grady Booch"Bob and Eric have managed to captur....
Release Date 2004/10 -
Using Artificial Intelligence to Set Information Free
Author Andrew S. Winston , Robert D. Austin , Andrew J. Hoffman , George Westerman , Andrew
Artificial Intelligence is about to transform management from an art into a combination of art and science. Not because we’ll be taking commands from science fiction’s robot overlords, but because specialized AI will allow us to apply data science to ou....
Release Date 2016/10 -
Author Jay Ts , Gerald Carter , Robert Eckstein
This book is the comprehensive guide to Samba administration, officially adopted by the Samba Team. Wondering how to integrate Samba's authentication with that of a Windows domain? How to get Samba to serve Microsoft Dfs shares? How to share files on Mac OS X? Thes....
Release Date 2007/01 -
Author Sarah Roberts-Bowman , Simon Collister
This book brings together a broad and diverse range of new and radical approaches to public relations focussing on the increasingly vital role that visual, sensory and physical elements factors play in shaping communication. Engaging with recent developments in cri....
Release Date 2018/03 -
Author Greg Baldwin , Robert J. Rosenthal
VolunteerMatch taps expert knowledge from today's volunteerism professionals to help nonprofits take a more inventive approach to volunteer engagementVolunteer Engagement 2.0: Ideas and Insights Changing the World shows you many of the innovative approaches to eng....
Release Date 2015/05 -
Walking the Walk: Having Your Customers Love You
Author Stewart Emery , Robert Brunner , Russ Hall
This Element is an excerpt from Do You Matter?: How Great Design Will Make People Love Your Company (ISBN: 9780137142446) by Robert Brunner and Stewart Emery. Available in print and digital formats.A process, not an event: achieving total commitment to building a de....
Release Date 2010/02 -
WAP Development with WML and WMLScript
Author Dylan Brom , Ronan Mandel , Amy O'Leary , Robert M. Juncker , Paul Fonte , Keith
This book introduces WML and WAP as wireless application development tools and teaches the reader how to develop WML applications. The reader will learn about mainstream topics such as security over wireless networks, working with image files for handheld displays, ....
Release Date 2000/09 -
WebSphere Application Server Administration Using Jython
Author Noel J. Bergman , Arthur Kevin McGrath , Robert A. Gibson
Save Time and Money: Streamline WebSphere Application Server Management with Jython Scripting!Utilizing Jython scripting, you can dramatically reduce the effort, resources, and expense associated with managing WebSphere Application Server. WebSphere Application Serv....
Release Date 2009/10 -
Author Dorothy Grover Bolton , Robert Bolton
Corporate trainers are tasked with an awesome responsibility—helping individuals develop the skills they need to advance their careers and boost their organizations’ bottom lines. It’s a challenging job, but What Great Trainers Do is here to help—providing a proven....
Release Date 2015/12 -
Author John Chapin , Michael Roberts
Although the cloud has revolutionized the way we manage applications, many companies still view their systems in terms of servers—even though they no longer work with physical servers. What if you take the concept of servers out of the equation and begin to think of....
Release Date 2017/06 -
Author Ken Dychtwald , Robert Morison
“Dychtwald and Morison offer a brilliant and convincing perspective: an essential re-think of what ‘aging’ and ‘retirement’ mean today and an invitation to help mobilize the best in the tidal wave of Boomer Third Agers.” —Daniel Goleman, PhD, Author, Emotional Intelligenc....
Release Date 2020/07 -
Author Wil Seabrook , Robert Cornish
Praise for What Works"What Works is essential reading for any businesspeople who want to improve their organizations and their own abilities. This is not a tome of pie-in-the-sky, fluffy how-to advice but is an easy read, crammed with great advice—from improving sal....
Release Date 2013/01 -
Why Great Leaders Don't Take Yes for an Answer: Managing for Conflict and Consensus
Author Michael A. Roberto
Harvard Business School's Michael Roberto draws on powerful decision-making case studies from every walk of life, showing how to promote honest, constructive dissent and skepticism; use it to improve decisions; and align organizations behind those decisions. Learn....
Release Date 2005/06 -
Why Great Leaders Don’t Take Yes for an Answer: Managing for Conflict and Consensus, Second Edition
Author Michael A. Roberto
Make better decisions! Michael A. Roberto will help you achieve deeper consensus, get past groupthink and "yes men," and achieve superior results in every decision you make -- especially your most complex and highest-stakes decisions! Roberto's Why Great Leaders Do....
Release Date 2013/05